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Remember your favourite toys & games

Roneo Machines

January 2, 2017August 5, 2018 By: Sue

Once a must-have apparatus for every school/office where document reproduction was required, the Roneo machine has now become obsolete technology. The Rotary Neostyle duplicator was

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Clackers

January 10, 2011October 28, 2018 By: Cindy Amey

Clackers are the toy with a million names.  They are essentially two large marbles attached by a sturdy string with a ring in the center. 

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Category: Latest posts, Toys & GamesTagged: clackers click clacks 7 Comments/

Hopscotch

December 11, 2010October 28, 2018 By: Cindy Amey

Remember the wonderful hopping game that only needed a road surface & a stone. We were easily amused in those days! This was a game

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‘Killer’ Roller Skates

November 8, 2010October 28, 2018 By: Cindy Amey

Roller Skates have certainly evolved!. Now we have fancy fiberglass wheels & supportive boots for protection. In the old days these clunky metal rolling death

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Swap Cards

October 29, 2010October 28, 2018 By: Cindy Amey

Swap Cards were a passion (more like an obsession) I had as a child. There was only one problem, I never wanted to part with

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Recent Posts

  • Fashion
    • Desert Boots
    • Flared Jeans
    • Scratch n Sniff T-Shirts
    • Treads (footwear of the 70’s)
  • Toys, Games & Machines
    • Clackers
    • Hopscotch
    • ‘Killer’ Roller Skates
    • Roneo Machines
    • Shaker Maker
    • Swap Cards
  • Food
    • Chicken Divan
    • Cod Liver Oil, yuk!
    • Fags Lollies
    • Jelly Whip
    • Kookaburra Cafe (Frankston)
    • Lolly Gobble Bliss Bombs
    • Frozen Sunny Boys, Glugs & Razz
    • Mr Whippy
    • Mum’s Chocolate Cake
    • Mum’s Chow Mein
    • Progressive Dinners
  • TV, Cinema & Events
    • Colour TV arrives in Oz!
    • Louie the Fly
    • McDonalds opens in Australia
    • The old Bata Shoe (Frankston)
    • Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971)
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